on-page controls considered bad practice?

Hi,

I often see websites that have on-page controls for things that can 
already be control via browser settings, e.g. font-face, font-size, 
light/dark theme etc. I recently even discovered an on-page screen reader.

While these controls are not harmful by themselves I consider them red 
flags because they could imply that the designers were not aware of the 
native controls. I usually give the feedback that I consider these 
controls unnecessary. But I have never seen any authoritative guidelines 
on this topic.

Do you know of any regulations or articles on that topic? Am I right in 
discouraging these controls or are there valid usecases?

thanks
tobias

Received on Tuesday, 9 March 2021 13:40:59 UTC